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Water Wheel. No. 241,761.. Pat ent ed May 17,18 1.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. VAN PELT, OF OARTERVILLE, MISSOURI.

WATER-WH EEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,761, dated May 17,1881.

Application filed January 25, 1881T (ModeL) To all whom 'Lt may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAsB. VAN PELT, a citizen of the United States,formerly residing at Augusta, in the county of Butler and State ofKansas, but now residing in Garterville, Jasper county, Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Counter Spiral Current or Dam Water-Wheel, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings and letters of reference markedthereon, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shaft carryingtwo or more of my improved waterwheels. Fig.2 is aview of theflumeprovided with inclined counter-buckets. and Fig. 3 is a top view ofthe lower half of the flume and the shaft carrying the water-wheels.

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My invention relates to improvements in water-wheels; and it consists inthe peculiar construction of two or more water-wheels mounted on thesame horizontal shaft andrevolving in a flume provided with stationarycounter-buckets or inclined plates secured to the inner face of thecylindrical flume between the buckets, and guiding the water, afterhavin g acted on a water-Wheel, to the next, as hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In the accompanying drawings, a represents a cylindrical flume, open atboth ends and provided with a cross-bar, b,iat each end, in which arethe journal-bearings of a shaft, 0, adapted to revolve in the flume.Three or more Water- Wheels, A, are arranged on and secured to the shaft0, preferably at equal distances apart, the planes of the Wheels beingperpendicular to the shaft 0. The water-wheels A are constructedsimilarly, and each consists of an outer cylindrical band, d, buckets a,each made concave on one side and convex on the opposite side, andarranged spirally around the shaft, and secured at their inner edges tothe shaft and at their outer edges to the inner face of the band d.

h h are inclined plates, secured to the flume above and below andbetween the water-wheels, and conduct and guide the water, after havingpassed through one water-wheel, to the next.

It will be seen that the water entering one end of the flume will actsquarely or perpendicularly against the buckets of the Wheel and bearagainst its spirally-formed buckets, imparting a rapid revolution to thefirst Waterwheel. The water, after passing through the first bucket, isguided and forced against the second water-wheel by the inclined platesin the flume, between the first and second buckets, thence through thesecond water-wheel, where the operation is repeated for the thirdwaterwheel, the Water finally passing out through the opposite end ofthe flume.

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. The combination, with a flume, a,open at both ends, of a shaft, a, revolving in said flume and carryingtwo or more water-wheels, A,eacl 1 consisting of band d andspirally-arranged buckets e, concave on one side and convex on the otherside, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with aflume, a, open at both ends, and provided withthe inclined plates h h, of a shaft, 0, carrying two or morewater-wheels,A, each consisting of band d and spirally-arranged bucketse, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS B. VAN PEUI.

Witnesses:

M. 0. BOYLE, NATHAN OAMMARY.

